| 1. | The other arab states would block any separate egyptian settlement .
其它阿拉伯国家将抵制埃及的任何单独解决。 |
| 2. | Egypt was the most populous arab country, the cultural hub of the area .
埃及是人口最多的阿拉伯国家，是该地区的文化中心。 |
| 3. | I had never visited an arab country nor dealt extensively with arab leaders .
我从没访问过一个阿拉伯国家，也没有和阿拉伯领导人打过很多交道。 |
| 4. | This price remained, even after the arab oil embargo was lifted in early 1974 .
这一价格甚至在1974年初阿拉伯国家撤销石油禁运后仍继续保持下来。 |
| 5. | The conventional wisdom was that jordan should be the second arab state to make peace .
一般明智的看法是：约旦应当是缔造和平的第二个阿拉伯国家。 |
| 6. | This threat may be of greater immediate relevance to other arab states than to jordan .
这种威胁对约旦来说可能不如对其他阿拉伯国家那样有直接的影响。 |
| 7. | The arab countries had too little confidence in their arms and too much faith in their rhetoric .
阿拉伯国家对它们的武装信心太小，而对它们的空喊又信心太大了。 |
| 8. | Several of the arab countries represented in the president's office needed the united states to fend off threats from rapacious neighbors .
有几个阿拉伯国家派人到总统办公室声称，它们需要美国的援助，来抵挡贪得无厌的邻国的威胁。 |
| 9. | A tolerable conclusion depended on our ability to convince the soviets that there would be no flinching on our part, either to protect detente or for fear of the arab reaction .
是否能取得差强人意的结果，取决于我们能否使苏联人相信，我们方面不会为了维护缓和或是担心阿拉伯国家的反应而畏缩不前。 |
| 10. | Oil - rich arab countries also appeared stingy
盛产石油的阿拉伯国家也显得很小气。 |
